[Solved] Wi-Fi doesn't reconnect to the same SSID after reboot

d_fajardo · 2018-01-01 17:43:16

I have successfully installed Arch in my computer. I use NetworkManager to access the wifi-network.

I can connect to my home network but everytime I reboot, it doesn't reconnect to the same SSID automatically and wouldn't reconnect as well even if I do it manually. The only way I can reconnect is by deleting the SSID profile in NetworkManager (via GUI) and rebooting. I reboot, click on the desired network and enter password and I'm back online.

What would be the way to fix this? I don't know much about networking.

Last edited by d_fajardo (2018-01-03 12:20:21)

ewaller · 2018-01-01 17:54:52

Please post the output of find /etc/systemd

d_fajardo · 2018-01-01 18:03:32

I'll get to my laptop.

Last edited by d_fajardo (2018-01-01 18:07:58)

d_fajardo · 2018-01-01 18:10:39

This is the output when I ran find /etc/systemd:

/etc/systemd
/etc/systemd/network                                                                                                                                                                            
/etc/systemd/user                                                                                                                                                                               
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/dirmngr.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-browser.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-extra.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-ssh.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pulseaudio.socket
/etc/systemd/system
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/wpa_supplicant.service
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.service
/etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
/etc/systemd/resolved.conf
/etc/systemd/coredump.conf
/etc/systemd/journal-remote.conf
/etc/systemd/journal-upload.conf
/etc/systemd/user.conf
/etc/systemd/system.conf
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
/etc/systemd/journald.conf

ewaller · 2018-01-01 18:22:40

If you are going to use NetworkManager, then disable the wpa_supplicant service. NetworkManager will handle starting wpa_supplicant. The wpa_supplicant service starts a separate instance of wpa+supplicant that fights with the one NetworkManager starts.

d_fajardo · 2018-01-01 22:31:13

Thanks ewaller. It works but not quite working yet as I would expect. After reboot, NetworkManager automatically tries to login the SSID but it goes to a short loop 'Waiting for authorization...' after which it dies. But when I click on the connection again, then it starts running properly.
Is there some kind of setting I have to look at?

Last edited by d_fajardo (2018-01-01 22:33:58)

robg · 2018-01-01 22:51:10

What is your desktop environment? Do you have the appropriate Polkit authentication agent installed?

d_fajardo · 2018-01-01 22:55:18

KDE with SDDM. Not sure I have Polkit. This is a totally fresh install.

robg · 2018-01-01 23:06:22

This might be of interest to you. (Hint: `pacman -Qs`)

Last edited by robg (2018-01-01 23:07:36)

d_fajardo · 2018-01-01 23:30:21

Yes I don't have polkit. Just installe. Now I'm not sure what to do.

d_fajardo · 2018-01-02 11:19:56

I created this file:

/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/50-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules
polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
  if (action.id.indexOf("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.") == 0 && subject.isInGroup("network")) {
    return polkit.Result.YES;
  }
});

as suggested in the NetworkManager wiki. Added myself to network group.

Still the same behaviour persist.

dmesg has the following entry:

45.002720] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp3s0: link is not ready
[   45.022771] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[   45.312685] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[   45.396215] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp3s0: link is not ready
[   51.741655] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[   52.034574] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[   52.120507] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp3s0: link is not ready
[   55.486294] wlp3s0: authenticate with b0:89:00:78:67:bc
[   55.490015] wlp3s0: send auth to b0:89:00:78:67:bc (try 1/3)
[   55.568764] wlp3s0: authenticated
[   55.569969] wlp3s0: associate with b0:89:00:78:67:bc (try 1/3)
[   55.571224] wlp3s0: RX AssocResp from b0:89:00:78:67:bc (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=2)
[   55.591742] wlp3s0: associated
[   55.600169] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp3s0: link becomes ready

Could it be that wlp3s0 is not kicking in early enough?

robg · 2018-01-02 13:13:49

d_fajardo wrote:

Yes I don't have polkit. Just installe. Now I'm not sure what to do.

Just to confirm, you do have polkit and polkit-kde-agent installed, and the behavior persists? (Sometimes without the latter package, the connection is established but the GUI is showing symptoms similarly to what you described in your 4th post.)

d_fajardo · 2018-01-02 16:50:54

Yes I do have polkit and polkit-kde-agent. The behaviour persist. After reboot, the NetworkManager tries to connect to the SSID with the message 'Waiting for authorisation...' then just dies. But when I click on the SSID icon, I can connect immediately.

Do I need to adjust some settings in polkit? Or is this an issue with the wlp3s0 interface?

ewaller · 2018-01-02 17:20:32

Please post tour new output of find /etc/systemd

d_fajardo · 2018-01-03 08:03:14

find /etc/systemd yields

/etc/systemd
/etc/systemd/network
/etc/systemd/user
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/dirmngr.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-browser.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-extra.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/gpg-agent-ssh.socket
/etc/systemd/user/sockets.target.wants/pulseaudio.socket
/etc/systemd/system
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/dictd.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service
/etc/systemd/system/dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
/etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
/etc/systemd/resolved.conf
/etc/systemd/coredump.conf
/etc/systemd/journal-remote.conf
/etc/systemd/journal-upload.conf
/etc/systemd/user.conf
/etc/systemd/system.conf
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
/etc/systemd/journald.conf

I checked NetworkManager.conf as well and the file is completely empty. Just wondered if this is normal.

d_fajardo · 2018-01-03 12:21:25

Strange but everything works now without further intervention. Thanks for all the help.

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[Solved] Wi-Fi doesn't reconnect to the same SSID after reboot

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